Mar 03 Watch Obama Directs Congress to Finish Health Care Reform As President Obama pushed for Congress to complete health care reform legislation in the next few weeks, Jim Lehrer talks to Washington Post reporter Ceci Connolly and political analyst Norm Ornstein about the tactics Democrats might use to try to… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch GOP Prepares for Senate Rule Battle on Health Reform President Obama said Wednesday he wants a final up or down vote on health care reform, and Democratic leaders say they are ready to push the measure through without bipartisan support if necessary. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Mar 02 Obama Signals Openness to GOP Reform Proposals President Obama said Tuesday that he would consider incorporating four Republican ideas for health care reform into the Democrats' legislation. "I said throughout this process that I'd continue to draw on the best ideas from both parties,"… Continue reading
Mar 02 Politico Reporter: President Will Say ‘I Want My Vote’ on Health Care Reform By Hari Sreenivasan President Obama is expected to announce his preferred way forward on health care reform Wednesday. Politico assistant managing editor for enterprise Jeanne Cummings stopped by the Rundown to speak to us about the president’s likely message and the challenges… Continue reading
Mar 01 Obama’s Health Care Summit: Your Questions Answered During President Obama's health care summit last week, we got analysis and commentary throughout the day from a panel of experts: -- Thomas Mann, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. -- Ron Pollack, executive… Continue reading
Feb 26 Health Reform’s Next Step: 23rd Use of Reconciliation? By Dave Gustafson As Democrats weigh the next steps for health reform on the heels of a bipartisan summit on the stalled legislation, one option under discussion is a rarely used Senate procedure known as reconciliation. Continue reading
Feb 26 Health Care Reform: The Highlight Reel By Mike Fritz It's been a long year of contentious congressional negotiations, raucous town hall meetings and battle lines being drawn over President Obama's push for health care reform. You can be forgiven for occasionally getting lost along the bumpy political road that… Continue reading
Feb 26 Reporter: Deep Divisions Remain After Health Reform Summit By Hari Sreenivasan In the wake of President Obama’s marathon health care reform summit on Thursday, we spoke with Kaiser Health News reporter Mary Agnes Carey about what comes next in the overhaul push. Carey said the lawmakers in the room appeared… Continue reading
Feb 26 Lima Women Find Opportunity in Knitting Circle By Talea Miller LIMA, PERU -- Each afternoon, in the Santa Rosa slum built into the steep hillside surrounding Lima, a group of 15 women meet to knit. Surrounded by spools of alpaca yarn, they take up their needles and piece together scarves… Continue reading
Feb 26 Friday’s Headlines: 17 Killed in Kabul; Mixed Reaction to Health Summit One day after the Afghan government raised its flag in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, militants killed at least 17 people in a series of attacks in Kabul. The suicide attacks targeted two hotels rented by Indian embassy workers and… Continue reading